BJJ Guard Passes

The knee cut pass (knee slice) is one of the most versatile and high-percentage guard passes in BJJ....

The reverse knee cut passes to the opposite side of the standard knee cut. When the opponent defends...

The knee cut to leg drag chain combines two of the most effective passes. When the knee cut is defen...

The headquarters knee cut starts from the headquarters passing position with one knee between the op...

The knee cut with far underhook combines the knee cutting motion with a strong underhook on the far ...

The knee cut against DLR guard is the primary method of cutting through the De La Riva hook. By stri...

The knee cut directly to mount skips side control by continuing the knee cut momentum into a mount p...

The lapel-assisted knee cut uses the opponent's own lapel to pin their bottom leg while you execute ...

The Knee Slide Pass is a passes technique that helps you advance from Half Guard to Side Control wit...

The Knee Slice to Mount is a passes technique that helps you advance from Half Guard to Mount with c...

The double under pass stacks your opponent by getting both arms under their legs. It's a pressure-ba...

The double under stack pass from closed guard uses both underhooks on the legs to stack the opponent...

The single leg stack pass grabs one leg and drives it toward the opponent's head, folding them on on...

The stack pass against a triangle attempt uses the stacking motion to compress the opponent and slip...

The over-under stack pass uses one arm over and one arm under the opponent's legs to create an asymm...

The collar grip stack pass uses a deep cross-collar grip to control the opponent's upper body while ...

The stack pass directly to mount continues the stacking momentum all the way into the mount position...

The log splitter pass uses a knee in the middle of the opponent's guard to wedge it open like splitt...

The torreando (bullfighter) pass is a speed pass where you grip the legs and throw them to one side ...

The double pants grip torreando is the classic bull fighter pass using grips on both pants legs at t...

The torreando to knee on belly completes the bull fighter pass by landing directly in knee on belly ...

The torreando against butterfly guard adapts the bull fighter pass specifically for dealing with but...

The torreando with leg pin is a variation where after pushing the legs to one side, you pin the top ...

The torreando against a seated guard opponent pushes their knees to one side and circles the other w...

The no-gi torreando adapts the bull fighter pass for no-gi grappling. Without pants to grip, you con...

The pressure torreando is a slower, more methodical version where you use body weight and forward pr...

The torreando chain pass alternates torreando attempts from side to side, overwhelming the guard pla...

The Toreando Pass is a passes technique that helps you advance from Open Guard to Side Control with ...

The leg drag is a highly effective pass where you drag your opponent's leg across your body while ci...

The inside leg drag pins the opponent's leg across your body by pushing it to the inside, exposing t...

The leg drag to back take uses the leg drag passing position to directly transition to back control....

The collar and leg drag combines a cross-collar grip with a leg drag to control both the upper and l...

The reverse leg drag pins the opponent's leg in the opposite direction of a standard leg drag, drapi...

The standing leg drag is performed from a standing position against a seated or open guard player. B...

The leg drag pass against DLR guard is one of the primary answers to the De La Riva hook. By strippi...

The leg drag chain combines multiple leg drag attempts in sequence. When the opponent defends one le...

The body lock to leg drag transitions from a body lock passing position into a leg drag finish. When...

The over-under pass is a pressure pass where one arm goes over their leg and one under. It's a stapl...

The smash pass uses your body weight to flatten your opponent's legs together, making it impossible ...

The leg weave pass involves weaving your leg through their guard to pin their legs. It's a powerful ...

The body lock pass uses a tight grip around their hips/waist to control and pass. Popular in no-gi, ...

The Sao Paulo pass uses a cross-lapel grip fed under the opponent's leg to create a powerful stack a...

The half guard crossface pass uses heavy shoulder and crossface pressure to flatten the bottom playe...

The folding pass drives the opponent's knees to their chest, folding them in half and using your bod...

The hip switch pass from half guard uses a change of hip direction to slide past the opponent's guar...

The weave pass involves threading your arm under the opponent's leg and connecting to their collar o...

The pressure half guard pass focuses on using heavy top pressure and systematic leg extraction to pa...

The Wilson pass is a grinding pressure pass that uses your shoulder on their hip to pin one side whi...

The guard pass directly to mount skips side control entirely by transitioning from the guard pass st...

The body lock half guard pass uses a tight body lock grip around the opponent's waist to control the...

The chest to chest pass closes the distance to the guard player and uses heavy chest pressure to pin...

The X-pass is a quick pass where you control one knee and hip, then step around quickly to pass. It'...

The long step pass involves taking a large step backwards to clear your leg over their guard, then s...

The leg drag is a fast, dynamic pass where you control their legs and drag them to one side, passing...

The matador pass pushes the opponent's legs to one side like a matador deflecting a bull, then quick...

The cartwheel pass involves performing a cartwheel or handstand movement to vault over the opponent'...

The backstep pass involves stepping your lead leg backward and over the opponent's guard to end up i...

The running pass involves literally running around the opponent's guard to the other side. By grippi...

The float pass uses timing and agility to hop over or around the opponent's guard at the precise mom...

The knee slice pass drives your knee diagonally across the opponent's thigh to slice through their h...

The shin slide pass places your shin across the opponent's thigh and slides it through to the mat wh...

The speed torreando is an explosive version of the bull fighter pass where you grip both pant legs, ...

The knee tap pass from open guard uses a quick tap on the inside of the opponent's knee to collapse ...

The step around pass is a fundamental guard pass where you control the legs and step around them to ...

Headquarters is a guard passing position where you have one knee up between their legs. From here, y...

The can opener is a guard break that cranks the opponent's neck to force them to open their guard. N...